tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post7854532479965078194..comments2023-09-01T06:01:16.983-07:00Comments on The Ones That Got Away: The record for fastest Morse code copying is 75.2 words per minuteMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-19664714948514215762014-09-20T08:37:34.189-07:002014-09-20T08:37:34.189-07:00Oops, I double-checked all of the character names ...Oops, I double-checked all of the character names but overlooked the writer - thanks for the correction, that's now fixed! (It also raises something I hadn't considered about the blog; hearing a question can present a slightly different question to reading it written down - even if phonetically the same I can imagine seeing it spelled wrong is rather distracting.)<br /><br />Excellent work on my questions, given the scores so far that's definitely impressive :)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-18570852211722346592014-09-20T08:29:14.848-07:002014-09-20T08:29:14.848-07:00We only managed 1 of the ones that got away this w...We only managed 1 of the ones that got away this week - and we nearly went with Andorra before settling for France! Husband swears he’d have got the ‘House’ question, though, if it wasn’t for a spelling mistake - apparently it was created by David Shore (not Shaw)…<br /><br />We did manage to get 7 of the alternative questions this week, so maybe we’re getting cleverer! :)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03735705961164065977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-82586745710765637622014-09-19T22:27:03.914-07:002014-09-19T22:27:03.914-07:00Oh dear, I've already had someone point out it...Oh dear, I've already had someone point out it was on OC, but I forgot it was on UC as well...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-14741896585325677672014-09-19T17:58:09.911-07:002014-09-19T17:58:09.911-07:00You mean you didn't remember the Morse code on...You mean you didn't remember the Morse code one from the time it was on Only Connect AND University Challenge within a week? :Popaltigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770417877806281870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-828615278759212522014-09-19T14:17:06.483-07:002014-09-19T14:17:06.483-07:00Always a relief to hear from people who thought al...Always a relief to hear from people who thought along similar lines as us (although commiserations for that, I suppose...). Malta is definitely the toughest one of the four, I think; in a way I wish I hadn't written the question as I'd love to know if I'd have got it myself!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646275336770012581.post-37233493673419904352014-09-19T14:13:03.229-07:002014-09-19T14:13:03.229-07:00I guessed 'Let there be light' for the mor...I guessed 'Let there be light' for the morse message, and Hendrix for the guitar owner too. I thought of Clapton, but felt a Hendrix guitar might be worth more, as he's no longer alive. I nearly got the Tom Cruise film - the title flashed briefly through my mind, but although I had a vague idea of what was being asked for, I just couldn't quite get there. I do know the names of all the sisters in Little Women though.<br /><br />In your questions, I got three of the four European countires (didn't think of Malta). And thanks for my fondness for Morcambe and Wise, got the first three words of the alphabet song. Don't know many more though, as they didn't sing it through, and I'm just enjoying watching them with Angela Rippon, rather than paying attention to the words.Skiffle.cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196107677175829685noreply@blogger.com